2018 Class of Rising Stars

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Special Interest Group congratulates 2018 Class of Rising Stars

The BMES Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Special Interest Group brings together researchers with diverse scientific and clinical interests with a common goal of understanding and engineering molecules, cells, their interactions and microenvironments in the pursuit of controlling biological processes and improving the practice of medicine.

To maintain its multidisciplinary character and central research focus, the CMBE SIG is committed to supporting new investigators within the field. Towards this goal, the “Rising Star” award has been given to a select group of exceptional junior principal investigators each year. Awardees provide a podium presentation in a special session at the annual conference.

We congratulate our newest group of Rising Stars, who join a list of upcoming leaders in the CMBE field!

Liming Bian, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Sarah Calve, PhD, Purdue University

Daniel Conway, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University

Yizhou Dong, PhD, The Ohio State University

Akhilesh Gaharwar, PhD, Texas A&M University

Padmini Rangamani, PhD, University of California, San Diego

John Slater, PhD, University of Delaware

Jeremiah J. Zartman, PhD, University of Notre Dame

Previous Rising Stars

2011

Peter Butler, PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Roland Kaunas, PhD, Texas A&M University

Sanjay Kumar, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Rob Mauck, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Alisa Morss Clyne, PhD, Drexel University

2012

Eric Darling, PhD, Brown University

Nathan Gallant, PhD, University of Southern Florida

Charles Gersbach, PhD, Duke University

Jiro Nagatomi, PhD, Clemson University

Shelly Peyton, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Cindy Reinhart-King, PhD, Cornell University

Sihong Wang, PhD, City College of New York

2013

Randolph Ashton, PhD, University of Wisconsin

Nadeen Chahine, PhD, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York

Adam Feinberg, PhD, Case Western Reserve University

Doek-Ho Kim, PhD, University of Washington

Wendy Liu, PhD, University of California, Irvine

Krishanu Saha, PhD, University of Wisconsin

Leo Wan, PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2014

Pen-Hsiu Grace Chao, PhD, National Taiwan University

Brenton Hoffman, PhD, Duke University

Lucas Lu, PhD, University of Delaware

Corey Neu, PhD, Purdue University

Michelle Previtera, PhD, Setton Hall University

Ankhur Singh, PhD, Cornell University

Edward Sander, PhD, Iowa State University

Fan Yang, PhD, Stanford University

2015

Lauren Black, PhD, Tufts University

Ben Cosgrove, PhD, Cornell University

Guohao Dai, PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Brendan Harley, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Nic Leipzig, PhD, University of Akron

Siva Vanapalli, PhD, Texas Tech University

2016

Umut Gurkan, PhD, Case Western Reserve University

Amit Pathak, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis

Shipla Sant, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Jae-Won Shin, PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago

Feng Zhao, PhD, Michigan Technological University

Pinar Zorlutuna, PhD, University of Notre Dame

2017

Tzahi Cohen-Karni, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

Kareen Coulombe, PhD, Brown University

Brandon DeKosky, PhD, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases